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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
THE SPORTING WORLD.
The Directors Of the American Associa.
ton in Council.
THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
General Rules Adopted for the Corning
49,. Seas0n---The Detroit Clubs
Tour.

CINCINNATI, Dec, S.-The directors
of the American Base Ball association
met this morning. President Wheeler
Wickoff submitted his annual reports,
which take the usual course. The pen
nant was formally awarded to the st.
Louis club and the standing of the
clubs was officially declared. st. Louis
first, Cincinnati second, Baltimore
third, Louisville fourth, Athletics
fifth. Brooklyn sixth, MetrOpOlitans
seventh, Cleveland eighth. President
Wickoff in his report recommended that
umpires be assigned when the schedule
of games is arranged. Wheeler WickOff
was reelected president by acclama-
ton. and Mr.. Won der Abe. Of st. Louis,
was elected vice president in the same
manner. The following clubs were
made the board of directors: Baltimore,
Cleveland, Philadelphia and st. Louis;
finance committee. Philadelphia, Gin
cinnati and st. Louis; committee on
rules. Baltimore, Cleveland, st. Louis;
committee on schedule, MeSSrS. Byrne,
Stern and Phelps: committee on arbi-
tratiOn, MesSrS. Byrne, Phelps and
Won der Abe. All the above commit
tees were appointed to hold for the
coming year. The committee on rules
presented the Pittsburg report, which
was adopted with exceptions given
below, namely: The proposed rule to
have two substitutes on the bench to be
selected from at each game, was re-
iected for the association, but at the
same time consent was given for the
league to adopt this rule should it see
fit The rule proposing to count base
l,o1 Ic fon in
opposed and was recOmmitted to the
committee with power to act at the New
York meeting on March 1. The report
of the umpire committee appointing
Gaffney, DOescher, Ferguson and Me
Quade was received and approved. 1t
was also made rule that no umpire
hereafter can be suspended without the
concurrence of at least four clubs, and
it was further stipulated that in all
cases of accusation and trial the UNI
pire shall have an opportunity to make
defense. This ended the work of the
meeting.
w. A. Watkins, manager of the ia
nous Detroit champions and who sue
ceeded in gathering the members of that
great aggregation arrived to-day 81
came here" he said, Ito arrange dates
with Cincinnati, Louisville and st.
Louis, also with the Southern league
aclubS represented at the board of arbi
otration meeting. l have about settled
to open the season with our team at New
Orleans and play up through
the South. Cincinnati is hold
ing off, but l am confident
will compete with st. Louis for the
spring series between the two cham
pionship mines. We will open in New
Orleans with two games, and in all prob
ability play in Memphis, Birmingham
and Nashville. The Detroits will then
go to Louisville and probably Cincin-
natl. From here they will move to st.
Louis for two games before the Ameri-
can season opens, making a series of
Seven games between the st. Louis and
.DetroitS."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
A TRIPLE LYNCHING.
Three Negroes Suffered Death for
Assaulting a Child.


OBIoN, Tenn, Dec, S.-Judge Lynch
is a favorite tribunal in Tennessee, and
one that settles most disputes that the
unwritten law applies to. The neigh
bOrhoOd of Rives, a small town in Ten
nessee, was yesterday the scene of a
triple Lynching. Adam Charles. Andy
Miller and William Smith were the vic
tins. The cause was all assault on a
ten-year-Old child, the daughter of Mr..
NJ. Myers. The story of the crime was
as follows: Minnie, the little daughter
of Mr.. Myers, Wednesday morning
started to school alone. When about
half mile from home. in lonely wood,
she was accOSted by the negro, Charles,
who induced the child to enter the
woods with him and she was there as
saulted by the negro, Miller. Charles
and Smith were present and witnessed
the crime. Minnie reached home more
dead than alive and told her story. An
alarm was sent out and in less than an
hour 100 men were on the trail of the
fiendS. Among them were number of
negroes. Miller was captured early in
the afternoon III negro cabin. AS
soon as he was captured he revealed
the hiding place of his companions, who
were found in the woods near by. Mil
Ter accused his companions of the crime
and protested his innocence. No ac-
cusatiOn was made by the pursuing
party, who proceeded in OminOus 81
lence to wood near by, where the
three were hanged. The negroes in the
community were thoroughly III Sympa-
thy with the actions of the avengfng
party and condemned the assault in
unmeasured terms. Miller was a negro
of considerable responsibility in his
neighborhood, having a wife and sew
eral children. His companions were
considered worthless. The child at last
accounts was in avery precalious con-
ditiOn
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
HERR MOST.
He Is Sentenced to One Year in
81 the Penitentiary.


g New YORK, Dec. S.-Herr John Most.
the anarchist, who was convicted of
misdemeanor, was arraigned in the gen.
eral sessions court to-day. His counsel,
Mr.. Howe, argued in his behalf for a
new trial, but it was denied. When the
clerk of the court asked Most what he
had to say why sentence should not be
pronounced on him, Most, i'll a very
dramatic manner, said:
Your honor, from a legal point of
view it may appear very difficult to stay
a sentence when the jury has rendered
its verdict. But there are certain Occa-
Sions when the court should and must
rise superior to jury finding. There
fore, with all respect to your honor,
consider it my duty to reply to your
question, why sentence should not be
pronounced upon John Most to state
that it is in your province to-day to de-
eide whether free speech and lawful as
SemDlageS should be destroyed in this
country. The sentence which your
honor Is about to pronounce will be en-
grated upon the history of the United
States. | again protest my innocence of
guilt of the offense for which / stand
convicted, and appeal to your honor to
make use of such discretion as lies
within your power"
Judge COWing'S only reply was:
The sentence of the court is that you
be confined in the penitentiary for one
year. without the fine"
Then Most was taken back to the
TombS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
ANUPRIGHT JUDGE.

Mr.. LETTER is a retired merchant of
Chicago, who possesses score or more
of millions. Mr.. LETTER is also a land
lord, numbering among his possessions
several tenement buildings. Recently
Mr.. LETTER and one of his tenants had
a falling out. The matter was taken to
the courts and pending its settlement
Mr.. LETTER, the millionaire landlord,
was forbidden to diSpOSSesS the tenant.
COOlly diSregarding the courts order
Mr.. Letter, through his agent, calmly
locked the door on his litigiOus extern
ant, the tenant being on the outside.
ThereupOn the court waXed wrath and
declared that Mr.. LETTER should have
a chance to reflect upon his Obstinacy
in the county jail even if he owned
twice as many millions. 1t required the
most energetic action OH the part of Mr..
LETTERS attorney to secure stay of
proceedings until an explanation can be
made, and if it is not satisfactory the
millionaire may yet have an OppOr-
tunity to accept the cOunty'S hospitality
since the judge reiterateS that if cause
exists he would as readily put the
whole LETTER family in Jail as the
JONES family"
Passing by the fact that there is no
apparent reason why those persons
bearing the name of JONES should be
imprisoned it may be remarked that
this judicial disregard of millions is
refreshing as it is novel. 1t is some
thing that should be more extensively
cultivated, particularly in the state of
New York. When man enters the
court room, he should, to all intents and
purposes be financially naked. The
millionaire and the day labOrer should
stand upon the same footing, and that
is the intimation that the Chicago judge
evidently intended to convey. He de-
serves commentator and encourage
ment.
Should Mr.. LETTER be found guilty of
the alleged contempt we look to see the
indignant judge carry out his threat and
will be ready to applaud him for it,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
A FAMOUS POEM.

Why Mrs. Sarah j. Hale Wrote
MARY Had A Little Lamb"
Philadelphia Times.
The authorship of ''Mary had a Little
Lamb" has been aScribed to various
persons and many romantic stories have
been told regarding its composition.
To Mrs. Hale's family we are indebted
for the following account of the circum-
stances which led to its production. In
1921 Dr.. Lowell Mason was induced to
lend his musical talents to Boston, and
while there gave especial attention to
the training of children in vocal music,
being the first person to introduce
singing into the public schools. In
order to make these singing classes at
tractlye DIR. Mason requested Mrs. Hale
and other writers to furnish him with
verses suited to the capacity of children,
and of kind to interest them. In re-
ponSe to this request. Mrs. Hale, ever
ready to lend hand in any good work,
children, which were set to music by
Mr.. Mason and sung in the schools of
Boston and afterward throughout the
country. Among these were the we'll
known, IF ever | see, on bush or tree
and the World-famouS "Mary'S Lamb"
which was founded on an incident of the
writer's own childish experience. A
farmers daughter, she had had in her
New Hampshire home her own little
pet lamb, that followed her wherever
she went. DevOtedly fond of animals
and making pets OF birds and kittens
from her earliest to her latest years,
this busy editor and mother of family
turned aside from her pressing cares to
write these verses. which have found a
sympathetic echo in the hearts of chill
dren all over the country. In 1880 the
poems thus composed were published in
book form under Mrs. Hale'S signature,
with number of other songs and
rhymes, affectiOnately dedicated to all
good children in the United States.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
BUFFALO FRESHMEN.
They Meet and Pass Resolutions
Against Chamberlain,

BUFFALO, n. Y, Dec. S-A meeting
of Irishmen was held tonight at which
resolutions were passed denOuncing
Joseph Chamberlain because of his OPP
position to home rule for Ireland. and
regretting the fact that Secretary Whit
ney'S wife had arranged to entertain
Mr.. Chamberlain at Washington. The
meeting was rather boisterouS, and the
principal participants were men who
went from Buffalo to Hamilton to act
there as a body guard for William
O'Brien, editor of United Ire
at John Nelson's place at the
Prospect avenue. There were about
100 Irishmen present. most of whom be-
long to the Fenian organization here.
Hon. Il. B. O'Brien was president of the
meeting, and James z. Mcmahon,
formerly foreman on the government
breakwater, was secretary. The fol-
lowing are the resolutions adopted:
Whereas, Joseph Chamberlain, WHO'S
a strong opponent of home rule i'll Ire
land, is now III this country, and so dis
trusts the government that he has with
him paid hirelingS as detectives to pro-
tect him from no real danger, thereby
casting reflections on our form of gov
eminent with the idea Of rejecting on
such a form of government as Ireland
wants, therefore
Resolved That the Irishmen of Buff
falo in meeting assembled repudiate
any movement that may be made to-
wards entertaining Chamberlain, who is
chiefly responsible for the defeat of
home rule in Ireland and the deSpOtic
coercion laws now existing, whereby
Editor O'Brien and Lord Mayor Sulli-
van and other patriots are immured i'll
Tullamore dungeon.
Resolved, That the IriShmen of Amer
lea ought to arrange for convention to
show that this country is not opposed to
home rule.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
The Chicago Anarchists.

CHICAGO, Dec. S.-Instead of the one
entertainment at battery d armory, that
was choked off by the hostility of
Mayor Roche, or the three that were
talked of yesterday, the anarchists to-
day decided to have no less
han five different festivals at
five different halls in various
portions of the city for the benefit of
the families of the dead or imprisoned
anarchists. One will be held Saturday,
two Sunday and two Tuesday. The
halls engaged all have licenses to sell
liquors. so there will be no further diff
Guilty on that score. The tickets for the
collapsed festival are to be hOnored at
any of the others. 1t is announced to-
night that the burial of the executed
anarchists will take place at Waldheim
Christmas day.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
OPERA MARBLES.

"All | want" said the opera singer,
lis notes for notes: large notes for high
notes. "-Harper's Bazaar.
A new comic opera Is called Gone
Thousand Ems" a lightning cOmpOS-
itOr would be handy man to set the
piece on the stage.-Texas Siftings.
An Australian vocalist named Nine.
Armstrong is said to rival Patti. She
will have hard time trying to rival
Patti in her farewell tOurs.-RocheSter
POst-EXpresS.
1t is said that Col. MaplesOn has be-
come a splendid pedestrian. Perhaps
he expects to have to walk home on the
railroad ties some time, as members of
his companies have often been i'll dan
ger of doing in the past.--BOstOn Pilot.
1.-The Mascot was the bill.
And oh. the pleasant thrill
OF which Bettina's singing was the cause,
For with the gobble song
She won us right along,
And gobbled. gobbled. gObbled the applause.
-BOStOu Budget
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
Landed in Jail.

Fort WORTH. Tex, Dee. S.-After
months of watching and pursuit the
ringleaders of the famous Brooking
thieves and train robbers were last
night landed in jail. The entire ranger
force of the Panhandle. in command of
Capt. McMurray. and the sheriffs of
three counties with their departments
have been at work ON the cases for
nearly a year. The scene of the depre-
dations was in Childress. Wilbarger,
Tylor and adjoining portions of the
state. The robbers lived in canOns and
caves and were a well organized band.
All the big ranchmcn have suffered at
their hands, and in one case a whole
herd of cattle were stolen in Green
county and taken TO Kansas and sold.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
TWO CONVICTIONS.

The conviction of MURRAY upon the
charge of rape, closely following that of
REID on the same charge is an fndica-
ton that there is very healthy feeling
in Minnesota regarding the sanctity of
wOman'S good name and the duty of the
state in defending it. The law has al
ways dealt leniently with the man who
has even committed murder, in punish
ing a seducer, and has in many cases
held him guiltless.
IT is meet and proper that it should
SNOW itself adversely as severe when it
deals with the culprit itself. There is
no crime in the whole category of wick
edneSS that deserves surer or more
speedy punishment than that which
seeks the ruin of women. Here in Amer
lea, where we particularly pride our
selves upon our chivalry, our Difference
to the gentler sex, there should not be
place throughout the length and breadth
of the land where a woman would not
be as safe from insult as in her own
home.
Unfortunately there are such places,
many of them and many men, too, with
whom a defenceleSs woman would be
about as safe as in a jungle infested
by tigers. The only way to decrease
the number of both is to vigorously in
fiict the penalty OF the law whenever it
is clearly shown that woman has been
robbed of the honor which is dearer
than her life, and it is a debatable
question whether in extreme cases
death is punishment too severe.
1t is a gratifying indication of the
chivalrOus instincts of MinnesOtians
and of the intention in this state at least
to secure the safety of unprotected
women that the law should be so ready
and conviction so sure for those
wretches who in preying upon defense
less women, forfeit all title to manhood.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
TO THE TURF CONGRESS.
A Delegate From the Twin Cities
Driving and Jockey Club.

The directors of the Twin Cities Driv-
ing and Jockey club held meeting yes
terday afternoon at W. L. McGrath's
store for the purpose of selecting a dele
gate to attend the Turf congress to be
held at Cincinnati, on the 18th inst. 1t
has been determined by the club to hold
a running meeting here, providing the
proper dates can be secured. Such
meeting can be held here only by fixing
dates between the st. Louis and Chicago
meetings, so that the horses can be
brought right here from St. Louis, on
their way to Chicago. Unfortunately,
Kansas City desires to hold similar
meeting, and, and it is supposed that
she will want the same dates that st.
Paul desires. The only way to secure
the meeting is to send a delegate to the
Turf congress. Probably Kansas City
will also have delegate there to urge
the claims of that city for the meeting.
The fact that Ed Corrigan with his
large string of horses lives in Kansas
City, will naturally have some weight i'll
favor of the latter town. ID. w. Wood
mansee was elected and he will leave
Sunday night for Cincinnati.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
4 PEORIA SENSATION.
A Marshal Arrested on a Charge
of Murder.

PEORIA, ILL.,, Dec. 8.-A great senSa-
ton was caused here last evening by
the arrest of Hartman Plaag, the mar
shall of South Peoria. He has, it ap-
pears, been indicted for the murder of
his father-in-law, John Colditz, ON the
evening of July 5, 1880. Plaag was
lodged in jail without bail. Colditz was
found dead on that date with bullet
through his heart, and the instrument
with which the deed was committed
was found within three feet of him.
The cOroner's jury at the time of the
murder was adjourned from day to day,
finally bringing in verdict of murder
by unknown parties. Now, after the
long lapse of time, Plaag's sister-in-law,
Mrs. Becker, and a Mrs. Weiss come
forward and swear that Plaag killed his
father-in-law; that they witnessed the
deed, but were so much in terror of
Plaag that they swore falsely at the in
quest. Plaag says his sister-in-law has
secured his Indictment because of an
unsuccessful attempt to blackmail him,
she some years ago having threatened
to bring suit against him for seduction
unless he paid her $500, which he re-
fused to do.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
THE TROTTING ASSOCIATION.
McGuigan, Expelled Twelve Years
Ago, Reinstated.

NEW YORK, Dec. s.-The board of
review of the National TrOtting associa-
ton finished its session in this city this
morning, having taken action on liz
cases altogethew. The remainder of
the docket will come up for consideration
at the next meeting of the board, which
will be held in Chicago in May next.
Edward Lally, owner, and Frank Casey,
driver, were expelled for trotting the
mare Belle Kidder, alias Galbraith
Maid, alias, Fanny, out of her class in
bringing" campaign in the West and
East, and the mare was also expelled.
Frank r. Hayden, for furnishing testi-
mony in this case, was reinstated during
good behavior, as was also George Hos
sack, suspended year ago for fraud,
and Frederick w. Noble, who was sus-
pended a year ago for pulling Fred NJ
in race. The most notable case be-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
Judge Rea at Columbus.

COLUMBUS, o., Dec. S.-COmmander-
in-Chief Rea, of the Grand Army of the
Republic, arrived here early this morn
ing, and was escorted by the reception
committee to the Neil house, where the
council of administration was in session
all day. The question of time of hold
ing the national encampment next year
was the main subject nf discussion, but
this was broken in upon by the receipt
of several letters urging that it be held
at some other place, that Columbus
would not be able to accommodate SO
large a crowd. This proposition is not
likely to carry. The time will probably
be fixed for some date in September. A
reception at the board of trade was ten
dered tonight.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
They Shot to Kill.

CADILLAC, Mich, Dec. S.-The To-
ledo Ann ArbOr & Cadillac railroad, in
course of construction, has met with
much opposition from farmers whose
land it crosses in this vicinity. Last
night farmer named Chaplin built Il
Shanty on the grade of the road, and
when the iron gang reached the place
this afternoon they found Chaplin, his
two SONS and four others occupying the
the Shanty, all armed. and threatening
to shoot unless the gang desisted in
their work. They did not heed the
warning. and two of their numer were
shot one in the hand and the other in
the bowels. The farmers were az
rested
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
Sensational Divorce Case.

CHICAGO. Dec. S.-Council for Mary
Oakley Carson, the wife of James ID.
Carson, general manager of the Chicago
& Western Indiana railroad, and also
general manager of the Belt line road,
filed bill for divorce to-day in the
circuit court. Mrs. Carson charges i'll
her bill that her husband has been
cruel, unfaithful and drunken. She is
the daughter of James W. Oakley,
Chicago millionaire, and is a leading So
ciety lady. Her husband is the son of
John B. Carson, the railway magnate.
The case promises to be very sensa-
tional, as Mrs. CarSon's charges are, it
is stated, supported by strong proof.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
A Dynamite Package.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. S.-A Topeka
special says that United States Marshal
Jones received by mail this evening a
small tin box. Efforts were made to open
it successfully by Col. Jones, ex-GOv.
Click and Deputy Marshal Sharett. The
contents were found to be nitro-glyce-
rine in sufficient quantity to have blown
up the building and killed dozen men.
No clue to the perpetrator or his motive
wrapped in a Denver Republican dated
Dec. 6. The postmark was illegible.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
Whetting the Fatal Az.
Austin Democrat.

The state oil inspectorship at present
is grab for the filthy luere, and the in
spection a ridiculous farce. Repub-
licans of this county will give the Re-
publican OfficeholderS who are re-
SponSible for this the cold shoulder the
next trip. Gov. McGill is well aware of
the outrageous practices of the oil and
boiler inspectors, and by his utter re-
fusal to interfere in the peoples behalf
is only whetting the AK which will cut
off his own head
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09

ate and conditions in the interior act
as positive antidote. This has been
actually investigated by Norwegian
scientists sent here for that specific
purpose, and officially so reported. In
view of all these facts, the writer be-
speaks for the unfortunate few dis
covered to be so afflicted, the most hui
name and considerable treatment con-
sistent with their condition, for they do
not. emphatically insist, involve any
danger to their keepers under the
proper conditions, and finally, in justice
to Scandinavians at large. and in order
to allay utterly unfounded and worse
than useless apprehensions. the papers
which have published these false alarms
should be courteous enough to print
this REPUTATION. Respectfully.
o. ELLISON,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
Barbour for Senator.

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. S.-A caucus of
Democratic members of the general as
sembly tonight nominated by acclama-
ton Hon. John S. Barbour for election
as United States senator to succeed Sen
ator RiddIeberger, whose term will ex-
pire March 4, 1899. The caucus also
made the following nominations for
state officers: For secretary of the COM
monwealth, Henry w. Flourney; for
auditor of public accounts, Morton
Marye; for second auditor, f. G.. Ruffin;
for treasurer, A. w. Harmon; for super
intendent of penitentiary, WV. Moses.
All of the officers above named are the
present incumbentS.